(Takes place before RTTE, after Defenders of berk)
Seven days before Snoggletog. In the center of town sat a giant tree made of log. Not a sound was made. Save for the earsplitting howling that was making sleep delayed. They took refuge in the great hall. Viking and Dragon all.
(I'm done ryming. It takes way too much brain power)
No one has been able to sleep for the last 2 days since the howling had begun. The first night, it was distant and strange. No wolf could make that sound. On the second night, it was close enough to disturb sleep. The third night was even worse, so everyone took refuge in the great hall. Its thick walls muted the sound better than their homes. Hiccup and Fishlegs are looking through Bork's papers as Toothless stares at the hall doors. Gobber, unprompted and half asleep, says he knows the origin of the noise. Ulfhendar, (Nordic werewolves) Half man, half wolf, they sail on their silent long boats and attack Viking villages. The only warning of their approach is their excited, bloodthirsty howls before the carnage. Snotlout is terrified, Astrid doesn't believe in the story, and the twins are excited. Stoick is DONE and tells Gobbler to shut it. Seeing Stoick's unusually bad mood, nothing more is said.
In the morning, the tree had been destroyed, scratched by enormous claws. The Twins "volunteered" to "fix" the tree. The day was used to blockade the steps into the great hall, cover the village in traps, steal some sleep, and do the village chores half awake. Not much was done on that front. Hiccup and Toothless scoured the isle of Berk for clues; they only found evidence of more massive claw marks halfway up an enormous tree.
The 5th night was the same, except the howling was louder, and Toothless was more upset. In the morning, they found something REALLY weird: Still alive, the sheep had been systematically made into a mound. It took 2 hours to get them all out, thankfully, unharmed. Meanwhile, the twins had spent all day and night "fixing the tree." It was now in the shape of a werewolf. Stoick is furious, but too exhausted to waste his time with them. Another day of not getting much done. Toothless and Hiccup had to return early as a snowstorm was coming. Hiccup could have sworn he had seen something on the cliff behind them, but it was gone when he looked again.
The 6th night was when the Vikings started passing out of sheer exhaustion. Everyone finally got some sleep, Till the hall was attacked. The monster was banging and scratching against the hall doors, howling louder than the storm itself. The Twins were nowhere to be seen. In the morning, giant claw marks covered the doors, tons of giant nightfury-like paw prints were found, and a strange fur-like scale was found. The barricades are destroyed and the traps broken. The twins were found sound asleep in the hollow werewolf statue. They had seen a large, hulking, furry monster with massive claws. This was the last straw. But Hiccup was able to convince them to give him one night, and that he could catch it himself. Mob is calmed.
On the 7th night, Hiccup and Toothless hide in the statue and look out for the creature. It shows up, Toothless gets really excited, collapsing the statue and taking hiccup with him. Toothless "attacks" and hiccup goes to intervene. But it turns out Toothless was playing the whole time. The giant, woolly dragon was oddly friendly. It was clearly cold and hungry. Hiccup makes friends with the new dragon and convinces it to enter the great hall. After first convincing his sleep-deprived father that the beast was only looking for warmth and shelter. By some miracle, it worked, and the dragon entered with the prompting of Toothless and a fish. It proceeds to cuddle pile with toothless, much to his chagrin. The next morning, the snowstorm had ceased. Leaving a fresh layer of snow. The rest of that day was spent repairing things, including the tree with the new dragon's help, getting used to the new dragon, and Snoggletog preparations for tomorrow. Hiccup named it the Wooly Howl. It was an exhausting, chaotic, but happy Snoggletog.
(If you couldn't tell my brain was leaking outta my ears for this one)
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